One bellissimo courtship over: George Clooney and Italian girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis are no longer dating, People reports. According to a statement released by the couple, “We are not together anymore. It’s very difficult and personal, and we hope everyone can respect our privacy.”
Clooney and Canalis were together for two years.
Hef, we give you your new wingman: Buzz Aldrin, 81, legendary astronaut and forgettable Dancing With the Stars alum, has filed for divorce from wife Lois Driggs Aldrin, according to court papers obtained by EW. Aldrin, who filed the papers at L.A. Superior Count on June 15, cited irreconcilable differences. The couple had been married for 23 years; Aldrin was married twice previously.
Elizabeth Hurley is officially a single woman. The model-turned-actress’ divorce from businessman Arun Nayar has been finalized in London, People reports. The couple separated last year, and cited Nayar’s “unreasonable behavior” as the reason to their split. Hurley and Nayar marred in 2007 after four years of dating; she has a 9-year-old son from a previous relationship with Stephen Bing.
Though it’s been nearly a month since the world learned that Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a child with a member of his household staff, the housekeeper in question hasn’t given her side of the story — until now. Mildred Baena, who worked for the Schwarzeneggers for more than 20 years, has given an interview to British magazine Hello! In it, the Guatemalan-born woman – whom the family called “Patty” — explains that she realized her son’s paternity as the boy got older. “It was as Joseph grew and I started to see the resemblance that I wondered — but it became more apparent as time went on,” she says. “I knew Arnold was the father, and maybe as Joseph got older and began to look like him, he [Arnold] wondered. But he never said anything to me.” READ FULL STORY »
Former White Stripes frontman Jack White and model Karen Elson have split up, according to their rep. The couple, who wed in 2005, released the following statement: “We remain dear and trusted friends and co-parents to our wonderful children Scarlett and Henry Lee. We feel so fortunate for the time we have shared and the time we will continue to spend both separately and together watching our children grow.”
White and Elson clearly are not lamenting the break-up, and are even throwing a “divorce party” to celebrate their time together. “An evening together in Nashville to re-affirm our friendship and celebrate the past and future with close friends and family,” White and Elson said in the statement.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Camille Grammer is filing for primary custody of her two young children with ex-husband Kelsey Grammer, People is reporting. Her action comes a month after Kelsey also filed seeking primary custody; in her filing, Camille, 42, alleged Kelsey, 56, was trying to “create a false impression to the media and to wrongfully disparage [her].”
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Katie Couric’s contract with CBS expires on June 4, but she’s getting on early start on the next phase of her career. She’ll say goodbye this Thursday, when she’ll host her last episode of the CBS Evening News, according to the Associated Press. Her successor, Scott Pelley of 60 Minutes, will not take his seat behind the newsdesk until June 6.
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Attention, members of Team Maria: Message received. A few hours ago, Maria Shriver — who recently separated from ex-governor and future Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger, her husband of 25 years — took to her Twitter page to thank her supporters. “Thank you for all the kindness, support and compassion,” Shriver wrote. “I am humbled by the love. Thank you.” Schwarzenegger, by contrast, hasn’t tweeted since May 1, before the separation was announced; his last post responded to the news of the killing of Osama Bin Laden, reading, “I’m proud of our men and women in uniform. Wherever you are, take a minute to say thank you to one of the brave heroes who serve our country.”
Leonardo DiCaprio and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Bar Refaeli have broken up, according to People. The couple had dated since 2006 — minus a six-month break in 2009. DiCaprio just competed filming his biopic of FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover with director Clint Eastwood and is slated to play the titular character in Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, set for Australia.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver announced late Monday that they are separating after 25 years of marriage, People reports. The news comes five months after Schwarzenegger ended his second term as the Republican governor of California. In a joint statement, Schwarzenegger, 63, and Shriver, 55, say that they have been living through “a time of great personal and professional transition,” and that they are currently living apart “while we work on the future of our relationship.” The couple have four children together, aged from 14 to 21.
Schwarzenegger has been in the news the last few months for a different reason, as he decides how he will transition back to show-business after nearly eight years in politics, including the character-based thriller Cry Macho and a possible return to the Terminator franchise that first made him a superstar. Last month, he announced in the pages of EW that his first project would be the animated series The Governator, which posited that after ending his career in the governor’s mansion, Schwarzenegger became a high-tech, crime-fighting superhero. “We’re using all the personal elements of Arnold’s life,” explained co-creator Stan Lee. “We’re using his wife [Maria Shriver]. We’re using his kids. We’re using the fact that he used to be governor.” Schwarzenegger, however, confessed that, as of six weeks ago, Shriver was unaware she was going to be a character on the show. “I have never had a conversation with Maria about any of this,” the former governor said. “It will be a big surprise for her.” (Reporting by Benjamin Svetkey)
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